I love our public library. I go there often to get books for our home school, especially our history/English curriculum. The past few weeks, I've been using the free service of making five copies/day from the internet so I can build a copy of The Imitation of Christ from Project Gutenberg.
Book 1
Chapter 3
Of the Knowledge of Truth
The previous chapter about being humble dovetails nicely into this one. Again, Kempis cautions against striving after much knowledge.
~The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and that without labour, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above.
~A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of man's learning. Not that learning is to be blamed, nor the taking account of anything that is good; but a good conscience and a holy life is better than all.
~And he is the truly learned man, who doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
(Chester Cathedral in England)
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